Cal. Welf. & Inst. Code § 4369.1
State Program Of Problem Gambling
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Current — January 1, 2015
As of January 1, 2011
As used in this chapter, the following definitions shall apply:
As used in this chapter, the following definitions shall apply:
(a) “Affected individual” means a person who experiences adverse psychiatric or physical impacts due to another person’s gambling disorder.
(b) “Department” means the State Department of Public Health.
(b) “Office” means the Office of Problem and Pathological Gambling.
(c) “Pathological gambling disorder” means a progressive mental disorder meeting the diagnostic criteria set forth by the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, Fourth Edition.
(c) “Gambling disorder” means a condition that causes the person to be unable to resist impulses to gamble, which can lead to harmful negative consequences, and that meets the diagnostic criteria set forth in the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition. Gambling disorder includes both pathological and problem gambling behavior.
(d) “Problem gambling” means participation in any form of gambling to the extent that it creates a negative consequence to the gambler, the gambler’s family, place of employment, or community. This includes patterns of gambling and subsequent related behaviors that compromise, disrupt, or damage personal, family, educational, financial, or vocational interests. The problem gambler does not meet the diagnostic criteria for pathological gambling disorder.
(d) “Office” means the Office of Problem Gambling.
(e) “Problem gambling prevention programs” means programs designed to reduce the prevalence of problem and pathological gambling among California residents. These programs shall include, but are not limited to, public education and awareness, outreach to high-risk populations, early identification and responsible gambling programs.
(e) “Prevention program” means a program designed to reduce the prevalence of gambling disorders among California residents. The program shall include, but is not limited to, public education and awareness, outreach to high-risk populations, early identification and responsible gambling programs.
(f) “Treatment program” means a program designed to assist individuals who experience harmful negative consequences related to gambling disorders. This program shall include, but is not limited to, training and educating providers, establishing a provider network for the provision of treatment services, and conducting research to ensure the delivery of evidence-based practices.
Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.